Very valid points. I think that "facts" in the political dialogue are an illusion and politics has always been interpreting reality. Of cause some "truth machin

Very valid points. I think that "facts" in the political dialogue are an illusion and politics has always been interpreting reality. Of cause some "truth machine" could spot misconceptions of obvious facts (e.g. how many states are in the Union) but with anything slightly more sophisticated it is going to be a subjective mine field. Just take some basic question and get studies drawn up by different ideological thinktanks and I am sure they are able to produce the most beautiful statistics arguing that their ideological position always has been and always will be the right one. Especially since PolitiFact attempts to "rate" gray areas beyond just true and false their neutrality will, and has to be questioned.